cnn national correspondent susan candiotti has been covering this case. susan. >> john, the charges are horrific. a 16-year-old girl allegedly rape ed by two high school football players during end of the summer parties in the small eastern ohio town of steubenville. there are reports the girl was drunk and possibly unconscious, and now two special prosecutors appointed by ohio's attorney general, mike dewine, are just over a month away from drying at least two teenagers or rape charges. but what makes this case stand out even more is talk about the alleged attack last august has been playing itself out through social media. even ohio's chief law enforcement officer says this case might never have come together a decade ago. that's because police in part found out about the alleged rape by piecing together outrageous tweets, a cell phone photo that claims to show the girl at the center of the alleged attack being carried, seemingly limp, by her arms and legs. and at least one online video that shows young people callously laughing about it. >> what if tha